Analyst: Motorola may exit handset business

Posted Jan 29th 2008 6:32AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Cellphones

Hey, that's what Nomura International analyst, Richard Windsor, told his clients in a note published this morning. Instead of handsets, Moto may choose to refocus on becoming an "enterprise and government company." While on a roll, Richard also raised speculation that a Chinese company might scoop up the troubled Moto before calling it "unlikely as those vendors don't have much of an idea how to fix Motorola's problems." Problems he attributes to the platform and software, not hardware. Man Moto, what a long hard fall it's been since your 2005 RAZR heyday.

Sumber : engadget

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Motorola still in the red, no light at the end of the tunnel yet

Posted Jan 23rd 2008 2:59PM by Chris Ziegler
Filed under: Motorola

Motorola's fourth quarter and 2007 earnings turned out to be pretty bleak indeed -- as expected, perhaps -- and according to the company, it expects a further slide through the first quarter in both sales and market share. The company pulled in about $9.65 billion through the final quarter of the year, which sounds like a nice number and all until you realize that it's an 18.2 percent decline from its sales in the fourth quarter of 2006. For the full year, the company garnered $36.6 billion, down 15 percent from 2006 on the whole. In terms of handsets, Moto pushed 40.9 million of them in the quarter -- with 53 percent sold in North America -- which it estimates is good enough for 12.4 percent market share worldwide. New CEO Greg Brown said that he believes the company is aligning its strategy the way it needs to be, but that its handset business is going to take even longer to recover than expected. How far down the charts do these guys stand to slide before they're back in the black?

Ovum says Motorola's mobile phone division is struggling

25 January 2008 11:24AM

Even David "Goldenballs" Beckham's promotional activity of Motorola products can't help the mobile phone vendor's Quarter 4 and full year 2007 results gloom in the handset division.

Company sales for the quarter were $9.65 billion for the quarter, up 9 percent sequentially but down 18 percent over the year. Gross margin was down 2 percentage points sequentially to 26 percent, but flat over the year. Operating loss widened to $-190k (130 k) from $-100k (70 k) in Q3 and a profit of $753 million a year earlier.

For the full year, sales were $36.6 billion down from $42.8 billion in 2006. Gross margin fell by 3 percentage points to 27 percent and operating earnings were $-550 million down from $4.09 billion in 2006.

Motorola shipped 40.9 million handsets in Q4. Average sale price fell $3 to $118, bringing sales of $4.8 billion, down 38 percent year on year. The division returned an operating loss of $-388 million compared with a profit of $341 million in Q4 06.

Incoming CEO Greg Brown said that he feels privileged to be CEO of Motorola. He thanked all the staff, suppliers and customers of Motorola and he re-iterated that they are absolutely not satisfied with the current position and are working as hard as possible to fix it. He also expects Motorola to lose further handset market share in Q1 2008 and said the portfolio will be more robust in 2009.

According to Martin Garner, Mobile director at Ovum, given the length and depth of the handset problems, it's increasingly difficult to see why shareholders should see logic in keeping the divisions together.

The handset volumes are well below Motorola's normal seasonal pattern. Greg Brown pointed to heavy competition, gaps in the portfolio (3G, China and other emerging markets), new product development being late and weakening demand for existing products (KRZR, RAZR2). On the latter, it's not clear if this was driven by US consumer conditions, said Garner.

He wonders if there are valuable synergies between the other divisions and a handset business that is in such difficulty. Or would it be better to break the company up?

“There has been speculation about who might buy the handset division. We think that a sale is unlikely. But there might be interest in a Sony Ericsson style joint venture,” said Garner.

koQ serasa mendadak gitu yah ??
masa sih ?? sayang bgt

hmm.. liat perkembangan deh..

bro TRO,
bentar lagi akan ada yang datang... hahahahaha...

eniwei, kalo menurut gua pribadi ini issue aja sih.. biasa lah.. kadang2 orang ngomong sesuatu tapi ditanggepin ma jurnalis secara berbeda... ==> pendapat tanpa dasar n research...

Masa sih mau resign setelah byk perhargaan telah diraih oleh produk RAZR- nya...

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Shadow_God said:
Masa sih mau resign setelah byk perhargaan telah diraih oleh produk RAZR- nya...

Siemens juga dulu lumayan sering dapat penghargaan design, tapi kan tetep aja perusahaannya bermasalah, bahkan bubar. Setelah jadi Benq-Siemens masih suka dapat penghargaan juga sih tapi penjualannya masih belum bisa dibilang bagus.
Rumor/analisis ini mungkin muncul karena penjualan Motorola turun terus dalam setahun terakhir ini. Bukan hanya turun tapi juga merugi.

Hihihi... kalo bener, berarti SE bisa jadi no 3 tanpa susah payah.
Tinggal nyalip samsung deh buat jadi no 2.
Nah, duel Nokia vs SE di fp jadi lebih afdhol. Sekarang masak vendor no 1 lawan no 4 terus yang duel?

hmm. tapi gw rasa agak sulit mengingat Motorola punya fan base yg cukup banyak, ga seperti Siemens. lagipula Motorola kan seperti iconnya US di bisnis seluler. asal bisa menghilangkan kejenuhan pelanggan dengan design ala RAZR, gw rasa Motorola ga bakal bubar. toh penjualannya termasuk bagus dibanding vendor2 kecil lain

gimana kalo motorola gabung siemens aja?

mantap banget tuh......

motorola siemens, kalo oleh tabloid SmS mungkin disingkat: mosi..... ato momens.......

ya kurang pas sinerginya kl sama2 telco company. mestinya gabung sama panasonic yg mantap multimedianya (video camera) atau canon atau nikon (digital still camera). kalau yg soundnya mantep apa ya yg portable? ingetnya walkman aja, hihihi... ada jg aiwa. gak tau d luar terkenal apa gak. toshiba jg ok tvnya.

Siemens juga punya fans banyak kok, tetap KO juga, sedangkan Motorola pasarnya di US juga uda di gerogoti Apple dengan iPhone.

Masa iya Moto mau meninggalkan Bisnis Ponsel seh.. ga percaya gw..

beberapa waktu lalu beberapa ribu pegawainya dibeberapa divisi, antara lain divisi selular, kena gusur alias PHK.

wah kasian juga bimana nih motolovers kira2 mo pindah kmana yah..

Tahun kemaren juga ada PHK ribuan pegawainya...

Amerika + Asia

Motorola + Panasonic = MONIC
Motorola + Sanyo = MONYO
Motorola + Aiwa = MOWA
Motorola + Toshiba = MOTOS
Apalagi ya kemungkinannya.... hehehehe...]

Secara pencinta motorola getooo...

Nambahin yang di atas :

Sharp + Motorola = SHAMO

BenQ + Motorola = BEMO

Asus + Motorola = ASMO

Motorola + Acer = MOCER

Merlin Gerin + Motorola = MER-GERMO

Philips + Motorola = PHILMO

Samsung + Motorola = SUNGMO

LG + Motorola = LGM

Masa se bgitu??
Liat dulu deh..

kasian para motolovers..
btw,, ko yg ditunggu2 blm dateng ya?? hehehe..

nasib motolovers jadi seperti siemens mania deh.....

huhuhuhu......I Love Siemens

@stanr
iya nih... jadi sepi yah..

Dari Cellular News : Could Motorola Fall Off the Mobile Map?

Could Motorola Fall Off the Mobile Map?

It may not be a question that many in the industry are asking themselves yet, or at least not out loud, but each poor set of results increases the possibility that Motorola could follow Siemens out of the back door of the mobile phone industry. IMS Research says that whilst it yet remains unlikely that anything so drastic might occur, the latest results from Motorola's Mobile Devices unit did little to inspire.

The headlines showed year on year handset sales down 38%, causing profits to fall 84% and losses of $388m as shares fell a further 16%. However, is Motorola simply recovering from the blunting of the RAZR? Its handsets have not always been well received in some parts of the world, all this changed with the RAZR. A phone that, through style and design, gave the average consumer exactly what they wanted; a slim, attractive phone for calls and texting.

Unfortunately this phenomenal but narrow success massively raised expectations that, as we are witnessing, are not easily fulfilled. Instead of delivering a range of ideas, technologies and form factors Motorola continued to follow the same formula by searching for the next big hit. A case of "the RAZR was big, so let's release the RAZR2." Perhaps it comes from a corporate culture infected by the fear factor. Rather than systematically platform-building in new areas, Motorola seems to have tried a bit of this and a bit of that as it looked for the next rabbit to pull from out its hat.

The situation is not helped by some activist groups in its ranks of investors. Drawn in by the excellent results of a few years ago, they did not seem to mind that Motorola had not traditionally accounted for more than 20% of the mobile phone market. Was it that, temporarily at least, it was excelling itself and punching above its weight?

Nor has the quick reaction of the competition helped. Whilst being a little slow to the table with 3G devices, and missing the boat for clamshell and thin designs, Nokia went about strengthening these areas of its portfolio. Samsung was quick to produce a number of thin phones, LG has been moving into higher-end fashion phones whilst Sony Ericsson has been expanding its lower range - all impacting Motorola's success. Combined, these companies have dulled Motorola's edge and now some investors are looking at how to get their money back.

It may be right that more capital could be generated by splitting up Motorola into separate business units. This would free up those successful areas, such as Home & Networks and Enterprise Mobility, from the troubled handsets group; but this is unlikely to be good news for the latter. Siemens went down this road with BenQ not too long ago and we know what happened there. Again I would expect that one or more of the Asian manufacturers would feel that they could build on the Motorola brand and presence, but would they give it the time and strategy to overcome its inherent problems? Additionally I feel that market pressure, should it go it alone, would inhibit the Mobile Devices unit and continue to pressure it to simply cut costs, at the expense of long term strategy.

Motorola seems to be heading in the right direction with the release of attractive music phones, fresh new designs and multimedia-focused products to accompany its staple lower cost and RAZR-based handsets. The announcement to return to Qualcomm as a 3G chip supplier may help as well. Once Motorola progresses in these different segments I expect that, whilst maybe not taking large chunks of market share, it will sharpen up to increase profitability, thereby guaranteeing its continued place in the market.

pantesan aja gua bingung.. moto e8 dah ada sejak feb 07 tapi lom di launch2 juga sampe akhirnya di jan 08... satu tahun euy... gitu juga plan2 yang lain.. ga keluar2... mungkin karena internal mereka lagi mabok kali yah... jumlah produk yang di rilis taon 2007 juga cuma dikit banget (dibandingak major brand lainnya)... mungkin sejak 2007 mereka dah melihat tanda2 penurunan mereka..

hiks.. padahal gua paling suka ma hape moto.. moga2 survive deh...

Dari Motorola Media Center : Motorola to Explore Structural and Strategic Realignment of its Businesses to Enhance Shareholder Value

Motorola to Explore Structural and Strategic Realignment of its Businesses to Enhance Shareholder Value

Company will evaluate alternatives to accelerate the ability of its Mobile Device Business to recapture growth and profitability in an expanding global market

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., – January 31, 2008 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced it is exploring the structural and strategic realignment of its businesses to better equip its Mobile Devices business to recapture global market leadership and to enhance shareholder value. The company’s alternatives may include the separation of Mobile Devices from its other businesses in order to permit each business to grow and better serve its customers.

“All of our businesses have exceptional people, products and intellectual property and the ability to achieve category leadership in their markets,” said Greg Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are exploring ways in which our Mobile Devices Business can accelerate its recovery and retain and attract talent while enabling our shareholders to realize the value of this great franchise.”

The company does not intend to discuss developments with respect to the exploration of strategic alternatives unless or until its Board of Directors has approved a definitive transaction or the process is otherwise complete. There can be no assurance that any transaction will occur or, if one is undertaken, its terms or timing.

About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit [tautan dihapus]

Business Risks
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include , but are not limited to possible actions related to the company's Mobile Devices business. Motorola cautions the reader that the risk factors below, as well as those on pages 16 through 24 in Item 1A of Motorola’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in its other SEC filings, could cause Motorola’s actual results to differ materially from those estimated or predicted in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may impact forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to market conditions in general and applicable to possible alternatives for the businesses, and tax and regulatory matters. Motorola undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement or risk factor, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Penjualan Anjlok
Unit Bisnis Ponsel Motorola Di-Spin Off

Jakarta - Sukses dengan ponsel Razr tak berarti membuat Motorola meraup banyak untung. Motorola bahkan akan memisahkan unit bisnis ponselnya karena unit bisnis tersebut terus merugi.

Pemisahan itu adalah satunya-satunya pilihan yang harus dilakukan Motorola. Dengan restrukturisasi tersebut, diharapkan unit bisnis ponsel Motorola bisa lebih kompetitif.

Chief Executive Motorola Greg Brown mengatakan divisi ponsel perusahaan mengalami tekanan kompetisi yang berat dari para rivalnya seperti Samsung Electronics dan Apple. Pada kuartal empat 2007 lalu, profit Motorola turun drastis menjadi US$ 111 juta, dari sebelumnya US$ 523 juta. Penjualan ponselnya pun turun 38 persen.

"Divisi ponsel perusahaan mengalami kerugian yang cukup signifikan dalam jangka panjang," kata Ping Zhao, senior analis CreditSights, yang dilansir [tautan dihapus] dan dikutip detikINET, Jumat (1/2/2008).

Dengan memisahkan unit bisnis ponsel tersebut, Zhao menilai Motorola akan menjadi lebh stabil, meski laju pertumbuhanya menjadi lebih lambat. Repositioning unit bisnis itu diharapkan dapat mempercepat pemulihan finansial perusahaan. Motorola belum bersedia menjelaskan langkah spesifik yang akan dilakukannya terkait pemisahan unit bisnis itu sampai dewan direktur menyetujui rencana pemisahan tersebut. ( dwn / dwn )

Ada artikel baru lagi dari Unwired View : Motorola is Dumping Mobile Phone Division

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Motorola is dumping Mobile phone division

Motorola has just issued a press release that it’s:

“…exploring the structural and strategic realignment of its businesses to better equip its Mobile Devices business to recapture global market leadership and to enhance shareholder value. The company’s alternatives may include the separation of Mobile Devices from its other businesses in order to permit each business to grow and better serve its customers.”

Now, I’m no corporate speak expert, but from my stock playing days I remember, that these kind of “strategic explorations” mean only one thing. The company has made a decision to dump the underperforming unit, and is announcing to the world that it is for sale. They might have even received some offers for it, but are not really satisfied with price, and now are looking if they can get a better one.

Well, after last year I’m not surprised. Their new RAZR line failed to recapture previous excitement, current flagship MOTO Z8 is hopelessly outdated, the features of the upcoming Motorola Z10 are way behind the competition, their numerous leaks about exciting new phone line-up failed to produce any result (and even if real , they won’t get to market before Q4), and the phone division lost over a billion dollars last year.

So, what happens now? With the results like these, the spin-off is unlikely. My guess is, that there will be either a private equity buyout, or the repeat of IBM/Lenovo story.

Some enterprising Chinese ODM with the worldwide expansion ambitions, will pick up the struggling division. They will get all the MOTO Mobile assets, plus the right to sell mobile phones under Motorola brand for a few years.

Anyway, I certainly hope it will be IBM/Lenovo and not BenQ/Siemens replay.

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Yang gw khawatirkan, kalau ternyata Lenovo yang gabung sama Motorola, nanti singkatannya bisa jadi LEMOT dong?

Poor Moto, despite all the awards and praises for their current phones. Semoga masa depannya kalo bener2 di spin off bisa lebih baik dari BenQ-Siemens atau TCL Alcatel. Lebih seperti Sony Ericsson mungkin?

Aneh, HP pilihan gua pada tutup semua divisinya. Dulu Siemens sekarang Motorola, padahal lagi ngincer Palm Treo nih (yang mulai nutup hampir semua toko retail di bandara).

Analysis: Is Motorola better off without the handset business?

By Tim Conneally, BetaNews
January 30, 2008, 5:23 PM

BetaNews examines why Nomura financial analyst Richard Windsor toyed with the idea of Motorola surrendering its handset business to focus on enterprise and government solutions.

Recently, Nomura analyst Richard Windsor discussed the possibility of Motorola Inc. leaving the handset business in favor of becoming what he calls "an enterprise and government company." He noted that rumors of a Chinese buyout of Motorola are increasing, but the company's problems would not be easily fixed by such a buyout. He closed by saying Motorola will most likely regain its unsure footing after this year.

A point lost by many bloggers who went wild over this topic is that Motorola is not a dramatically suffering company. Rather, its enterprise aspect is strong enough to buoy the rest of the organization.

For example, Motorola scored a huge WiMAX contract with Wateen Telecom in Pakistan. The agreement to supply 198,000 end user CPE units amounted to one of the biggest single orders of WiMAX hardware yet. It also has a contract with Far EasTone for a WiMAX deployment in Taiwan, and one with ISP Agni Systems in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Motorola's 2006 acquisition of Symbol Technologies helped the company branch out into enterprise mobility solutions, including the development of RFID systems. Symbol was contracted to develop these very systems for Norway's Ministry of Foreign affairs and National Police Computing and Material Service for collection and verification of biometric data for passports and visas.

In China, Motorola's presence is also strong. It has been a player in Chinese commerce for 20 years, and has had an ongoing partnership with China Mobile Communications Corp. for almost as long. In August, Motorola secured a contract worth over $394 million to expand the carrier's GSM network. China Mobile ranks as the second biggest mobile provider in the world behind Vodafone, a company for which Motorola has supplied technologies in Turkey, Spain, the UK, and dozens of other countries.

If Motorola was to turn over the R&D, manufacturing, and marketing of its cellular handsets and related products to another company, it could cut out what has lately been a major revenue drain. 2007 was closed out with the CEO giving up his position, and profits that were 16% lower than the year prior.

Regarding the likelihood of a Chinese buy-in to Motorola's mobile handset business, NPD director of industry analysis Ross Rubin pointed to a few examples of recent buy-ins of existing CE manufacturers by Chinese concerns, that have resulted in extended US presence for those manufacturers.

For example TCL's 2003 merger with Thomson's TV business, making it one of the world's biggest manufacturer of TV sets, and Lenovo's 2004 purchase of IBM's PC business were both examples of a Chinese company with less brand power coming into power through such a buy-in.

But Rubin warned the template put forth by Thomson and IBM may not readily apply to Motorola. He told BetaNews, "The Motorola brand is very strong in the US, but not as strong in Europe, and handset distribution in the US is more closely tied to carriers."

Though it may be unlikely that Motorola will sell its handset division to Chinese investors right away -- although it may be entertaining the idea now more than ever before -- were it to ever make such a move, it would not be without justification. At the very least, Richard Windsor's report may have opened some observers' eyes as to where Motorola's real strength lies.

Makin rame!!!
Ini dari gsmarena : Motorola joins Siemens and Philips?

Motorola joins Siemens and Philips?
01 Feb, 2008

You got it right. The used-to-be number 1 cell phone manufacturer Motorola is considering selling its mobile phone division. It is not sure yet if a deal will go through but the company has officially confirmed looking for a buyer.

Another option for Motorola, which seems less probable at this stage, is to make a stand-alone company of its cell phone division. Let’s remind you that following the sweeping success of the RAZR series in 2004 and 2005, things have been really rough for the company, which pretty much started the slim phone craze.

Last year Motorola lost their second spot in terms of market share to Samsung. Net sales dropped to $36.6 billion in 2007 from over $42 billion a year earlier, resulting in an operating loss of $553 million. The net loss is estimated at $49 million, official company sources reveal.

We are yet to see if we’re at the point of good-or-nothing-at-all about Moto, but Motorola’s Mobile phone division is in for great changes. And those are long needed too. That gives us one more reason to look forward to the World Mobile Congress this month, as Motorola is still set to take part.

lets hope the best for motorola
koQ rasanya sedihh yah... walaupun gw user SE tapi klo motorola pensiun sedih rasanya seperti yg kehilangan seorang sahabat..

(apa gara2 khawatir service motorola cdma gw lom beres kali ya ??)

Yah. kadang seperti percaya ga percaya. Dulu waktu SIEMENS Mobile isu mo nutup, ga percaya gitu aja. Dalam hati sambil berdoa tidak terjadi beneran, meskipun berita2 sudah nyata dan positif. Dan akhirnya ketika SIEMENS memutuskan divisi mobile di take over BenQ, sempat kecewa, tapi dg keyakainan bahwa handset Siemens pasti tahan lama, justru aku mencari Siemens2 lama untuk di kumpulin. Inilah sisa teknologi canggih, setidaknya bagiku

hp2 yang gampang di oprek mulai berguguran.... hikz...

dulu siemens gw.. sekarang motorola..
dulu rame amat ngoprek s45, sl45, e398....

bakalan tidak ada lagi tuh....

yaghh..gutbye klo gitu..sayang sekali

barusan lagi tertarik ma moto Q9h

ntar susah lagi service nya.. hiks...

umat, 01/02/2008 15:05 WIB
Penjualan Anjlok
Unit Bisnis Ponsel Motorola Di-Spin Off
Dewi Widya Ningrum - detikinet

Jakarta - Sukses dengan ponsel Razr tak berarti membuat Motorola meraup banyak untung. Motorola bahkan akan memisahkan unit bisnis ponselnya karena unit bisnis tersebut terus merugi.

Pemisahan itu adalah satunya-satunya pilihan yang harus dilakukan Motorola. Dengan restrukturisasi tersebut, diharapkan unit bisnis ponsel Motorola bisa lebih kompetitif.

Chief Executive Motorola Greg Brown mengatakan divisi ponsel perusahaan mengalami tekanan kompetisi yang berat dari para rivalnya seperti Samsung Electronics dan Apple. Pada kuartal empat 2007 lalu, profit Motorola turun drastis menjadi US$ 111 juta, dari sebelumnya US$ 523 juta. Penjualan ponselnya pun turun 38 persen.

"Divisi ponsel perusahaan mengalami kerugian yang cukup signifikan dalam jangka panjang," kata Ping Zhao, senior analis CreditSights, yang dilansir [tautan dihapus] dan dikutip detikINET, Jumat (1/2/2008).

Dengan memisahkan unit bisnis ponsel tersebut, Zhao menilai Motorola akan menjadi lebh stabil, meski laju pertumbuhanya menjadi lebih lambat. Repositioning unit bisnis itu diharapkan dapat mempercepat pemulihan finansial perusahaan. Motorola belum bersedia menjelaskan langkah spesifik yang akan dilakukannya terkait pemisahan unit bisnis itu sampai dewan direktur menyetujui rencana pemisahan tersebut. ( dwn / dwn )

ga heran sih....

inovasinya juga ga maju2....

produsen hp lain di Indonesia udah ngeluarin yg kameranya 5mp Motorola 3,2 mp aja lom ada, gimana mo dapet untung coba....

merk2 hp yg udah ada dari dulu dan yang membangun telekomunikasi selular dah mulai berguguran....
Siemens dah ga ada, Ericsson dah jadi SE, sekarang Motorola....
padahal yg pertama didunia ngeluarin handphone itu Motorola, Motorola DynaTAC 8000X tahun 1983....

Berarti Slvr L7 ga jadi dijual ah....

Nggak semudah itu lho nancepin kamera 5MP ke HP...

Ada biaya RnD yang sangat besar... nah yang mau bayar siapa?

kalo mau untung kan musti bermodal....

ya jadi mau ga mau harus cari modal entah kemana....

ini kan industri selular kalo gak meningkatkan kualitas produknya mengikuti yang lain yah bakalan tersingkir...

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ga heran sih....

inovasinya juga ga maju2....

produsen hp lain di Indonesia udah ngeluarin yg kameranya 5mp Motorola 3,2 mp aja lom ada, gimana mo dapet untung coba....

merk2 hp yg udah ada dari dulu dan yang membangun telekomunikasi selular dah mulai berguguran....

Siemens dah ga ada, Ericsson dah jadi SE, sekarang Motorola....

padahal yg pertama didunia ngeluarin handphone itu Motorola, Motorola DynaTAC 8000X tahun 1983....

Sbrnya Motorola tuh bisa jadi dia lah yg menjadi sponsor Hp 3.2MPX pertama karena Hp nya udah selesai yaitu E1120 (2001)tp nggak tahu kenapa tiba2 statusnya jadi Canceled!! Nggak tahu alasannya kenapa padahal modelnya cakep

Informasi terbaru dari electonista : Ericsson would consider Moto phone biz buy

Friday, February 1st 2008

Ericsson would consider Moto phone biz buy

Swedish telecoms firm Ericsson is contemplating buying a spun-off Motorola mobile business if it becomes available, company chief Carl-Henric Svanberg said today at an investment analyst conference. The official, whose company forms half of cellphone giant Sony-Ericsson, explained that it would be "cautious" about buying any mobile division that would split from Motorola but that the company would nonetheless watch any services that might be made available. Ericsson has historically avoided buying out other companies because it often believes it would be "better off" improving on its own, claims Svanberg.

Acquiring Motorola's mobile division would greatly increase Sony-Ericsson's stake in the cellphone industry, which grew to 9 percent in 2007 but is eclipsed by Motorola. The American company still claimed 13 percent of world cellphone marketshare despite a dramatic 38 percent decrease in phone sales year-over-year and would effectively give Sony-Ericsson a near-automatic boost to 22 percent total share. The current share leader is Nokia with 40 percent of all phones sold worldwide.

Sony Ericsson Motorola? SEMO lucu juga mengingat 1/2 saham UIQ baru dilepas ke mereka

Kalo gabung ma Nokia jadi MONO

Yup .. Motorola mengalami masalah keuangan, dan yang parah adalah unit bisnis ponselnya, makanya unit bisnisnya kemungkinan besar akan dipisahkan dari Induknya, artinya... Motorola butuh Investor buat bisa bersaing dalam bisnis ponselnya. Ane kira Investornya bisa dari pihak manapun (mirip kasusnya IBM-Lenovo).

Sebagai pemakai dan penyuka HAPE motorola, jujur sedih juga dengan keadaan ini. tapi apa mau dikata..Motorola dalam masalah keuangan mau tidak mau memang benar musti di pisahkan dari induk bisnisnya. Hal ini bisa bermakna ganda, bisa jadi POWERFULL atau LOOSER.

Satu yang ane banggain dari HP Motorola.... make HP ini ane jadi melek teknologi, bukan cuman teknologi yang mengerti kita, tapi kita mengerti teknologi, jadi bukan cuman sekedar suka atau cinta.

Jgn2 Motorola jual juga saham UIQ ke SE....

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apiq said:
Aneh, HP pilihan gua pada tutup semua divisinya. Dulu Siemens sekarang Motorola, padahal lagi ngincer Palm Treo nih (yang mulai nutup hampir semua toko retail di bandara).

Hahahaha.... gw ketawa baca komen elu....

Coba pilih Nokia deh.... sekalian ngetest bakal jadi 'susah' juga apa kagak hihihi....

Huhuhu, kalao emang bener bakalan mau tutup usahanya, saya juga merasa kehilangan banget nih. secara pake hape pertama kali Motorola T190, trus C115, Trus E398, Trus W220.... emang sih dari pasar Midle to low end semua. tapi emang hape moto itu tahan banting... ga ada yang ngalahin... kalo nok mah, jatuh bentar dah eror...

bye2 motorola....

kata yg di forum motorola cuma rumor, coba liat deh yg ini ;

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inyong_pwt said:

kata yg di forum motorola cuma rumor, coba liat deh yg ini ;

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rumor atau gw. tapi kalo gw perhatiin, emang hp2nya di tahun 2007 sangat sedikit keluarnya. trus dipasaran juga kurang laku... bisa2 di 2008 makin sedikit yang keluar neh...

kalo dilihat dari gambar ini. pertumbuhannya juga -37.7% (minus)

males bacanya pk bhs inggris banyak banget lagi....

bisa disimpulkan.... ?

Kesimpulannya...
roda berputar..kadang diatas..kadang dibawah..

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kaizoku said:
males bacanya pk bhs inggris banyak banget lagi....

bisa disimpulkan.... ?

Kesimpulan :

- Sampai kuartal ke-4 tahun 2007, Motorola berada di posisi ketiga market share global (udah disalip sama Samsung sejak kuartal ke-1 atau ke-2 tahun 2007)
- Market share Motorola mengalami penurunan yang sangat tajam
- Motorola mengalami kerugian besar
- Intern Motorola sendiri sedang ada masalah
- Perusahaan Motorola berniat untuk memisahkan divisi mobile dari induknya
- Kemungkinan yang akan terjadi di antaranya :
* Motorola akan berhenti memproduksi handphone
* Divisi mobile Motorola akan dijual (bentuknya belum tahu, bisa penggabungan semacam SE atau hilang sama sekali seperti Siemens, dll.)

Dan ini bukan rumor karena Motorola Media Center sendiri membenarkan hal ini.

hmm....

dibeli sama siapa yah ntar...

seru pasti klo sampe dibeli Nokia....

tambah seru lagi kalo dibeli mikocok, kayak yahoo yg mulai ditawar mikocok

Compal Communications voices concerns over Motorola plans to break up handset unit

Kaddy Chung, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Monday 4 February 2008]

Taiwan-based Compal Communications, a major handset OEM maker for Motorola, is concerned that China-based consortiums may eventually take up the handset unit of Motorola after the US vendor said last week it is considering separating the money-losing unit, according to Rock Hsu, chairman of the Compal Group.

The China-based companies might switch the majority of handset orders from Motorola to OEM makers in China if they do take up Motorola's handset unit, Hsu stated.

However, Hsu reiterated that the order adjustment would take 1-2 years and therefore, the planned sale of Motorola's handset unit will not affect Compal's operations in 2008.

Asked if there is the possibility of Compal acquiring Motorola's handset unit, Hsu said the company currently does not have a base to operate a brand product and instead will continue to expand its pool OEM clients.

Sumber : Digitimes Telecom